Ash receptacle



Dec- 25, 1944. M. J. FLETCHER 2,365,946

-ASH RECEPTACLE -Filed Jan. 5. 1942 I'NVENTOR Patented' D ec. 26, 1944 UNITED STATE-s PrfrnNT1 oFFlcE Asn nnclnrnzmil Maurice J. Fletcher, Des Moines, Iowa, assigner` to CadetpSmokestands Company, Des Moines,

l Iowa, a business trust Application January 5, 1942, serial No. '425,680A

2 claims. (c1. 22o-15 The principal object of my invention is to combine a trap door hopper top and a receptacle for accomplishing the functions, in combination, of a manually Operated trap door, a washable detachable container, a -spring top urn or collar to v prevent the displacement of the hopper, a pivoted bail and a yielding means for holding the receptacle Within an urn.

' More specifically the object of my invention is to provide a trap door hopper top with a receptacle attached thereto.

A further object of this invention is to provide Yan ash receptacle that is economical in manu-- facture, durable and efficient in use.

y These and lother objects Will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

` My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth,

pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig.` 1 is a side cross section of my ash receptacle ready for use. y

Fig. 2 is a bottom cross sectional view of my ash receptacle taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view ofthe receptacle attachment ring.

Fig. 4is a top plan view of the housing cylinder with bail attached thereto. y

Fig. 51s an enlarged View of the inside of a portion of the housing cylinder or collar showing the pivotal handle bail attachment.

Heretofore smoking stands have been of three general types, the open type, the trapdoor and urn type, and the tube having an elongated tube leading into a receptacle. All of `these types have certain disadvantages and particularly the tube type which relied on a restriction tube leading into a jar to prevent smoking. Any draft moving across the open end of the tube tends to draw the smoke and odors out of the jar and also permits live sparks to fiame `Within the jar. Many tubes and jars are so constructed that a non manually operated shutter is placed at the lower trapdoor and urn type of smoker, the trapdoor, urn and small disposal dish are in three separate pieces, not bound together, and therefore prone to `separate when the smokestand is dumped over and will also separate when shipping the stand.

Thus it may be said that the tube and receptacle arrangement with its unreliable and sticking non-manually operated valve coupled with the inadequacy of the restricted tube have been one of the disadvantages of the industry while the loosely and separated component parts of the trapdoor type of smoker have also caused a great deal of grief in the smoker field. Neither of these types of smoker have had any means provided for inherently binding the elements together and creating a solid unit that will not spill, smoke, rattle or` displace in normal use. Of the open type of smoker, little need be said. The visibility of the refuse, odor eminating therefrom and its susceptibility to spilling has condemned sucha smokestand. The trapdoor type of smoker is also prone to permit gum and tobacco tar to build up therein and is difcultto clean. I have overcome all such disadvantages as will be ap- This collar. I I is capable of distortion under presl preciated and as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. i

Referring to thel drawing,-1 have used the numeral Ill to indicate afbowl and column to which my improved-smoker receptacle and top are secured. The numeral `Ii indicates a sleeve or collar secured within the bowl Ill, by means of drive screws or thedke I2 as shown in Fig. 2'.

. or flange lli capable of fitting over the upper end of the tube and within the jar in an untally displaced from the smokestand. With the open end of the collar Il, and being held positively thereon by the distortion of the collar II under pressure of the pivoted or collapsible bail I4. The numeral l1 indicates a trap door positioned below an opening in the hopper top I5 and having thereon a spring member I8 for yieldingly holding the trap Il in a closed position. The numeral I9 indicates rods operatively secured to the trap door Il, journaled within the hopper top I5, and having on their outer ends the hand operating means or trip levers 20. The numeral 2| indicates an attaching collar or ring having opening into the jar is through the opening closed y by the trapdoor I1, thus the hopper top I5, at- Y taching ring 2|, and receptacle 22 become one unit and can be removed from the collar I I when the bail I4 is swung to the position indicated by dotted lines inFig. 1. I have shown lugs 23 on the attaching ring 2I designed to t the ordinary bayonet grooves in the jar, glass container or other receptacle 22. The numerals 24 indicate a plurality of tension fingers formed on the lower portion of the collar member II and capable of yieldingly contacting the outer surface of the jar or container 22. y These fingers 24 prevent the jar from rattling within the urn portion and insure a tight fit between the hopper top unit and the bowl of the smoke stand during shipment and when the stand is roughly handled. Any type of gripping means may be substituted .for the ngers 24.

The practical operation of my device is as follows: The hopper top I5, with the attaching ring 2| secured therein, is secured to the jar or receptacle 22, thus making the trap door the cover to the receptacle 22. vThe unit is then placed to the bowl I0 and is 'held in position through the tension of the handle bail I4 while the vjar the attaching ring 2I and may then be washed or cleaned by ordinary methods.

It wil1 be seen that I have provided a practical method of attaching a glassjar or other container'to a tobacco ash receptacle and trap door so that the trap door acts as a closing means for the jar, the jar is held rigidly within the urn of the smoke stand, and one in which the bail may be pivoted While at the same time provides sufficient tension to securely hold the hopper top and the collar member II.

Thus it willbe seen that I have provided a smoke stand and receptacle which fullls all of Vthe objects and presents many and more advantages.

The cooperation between the distorted top and gripping means 24 prevent the hopper and jar from falling out of the collar. or urn members.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved smoking stand Without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is myintention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In combination with a tobacco ash receptacle having a supporting column and bowl member, a collar element designed to be secured within said bowl and having its upper end capable of being distorted, a spring handle pivot-,ally mounted on said collar, a hopper top embracing the upper portion of said collar element, a manually operated trap door 'in said hopper top capable of closing an opening therein 'at times, an attachment ring inside said hopper top, a receptacle, a means for detachably securing the open end of said receptacle to said attachment ring, and a plurality of spring tension nngers vformed about within the collar or cylinder Il, which .is secured the lower portion of said' collar yieldinely com tacting said receptacle when said receptacle and said hopper top are in place within said collar and said bowl member.

2. vIn a smoking stand, ya collar element, a means for supporting said collar element, a vhopper top on the upper end of said Collar element, an opening in said hopper top, a manually operated trap door in said hopper t'op vfor closing said opening at times, a spring handle bail pivotably mounted yin said collar and capable of distorting said collar forholdi-ng said hopper top in place thereon, a receptacle secured tosaid hopper top directly below the opening therein and a means for yeldingly holding said receptacle in position relative to said collar. 

